This volume analyzes civil-military relations throughout the multi-faceted post communist transition in Central and Eastern Europe.

Timothy Edmunds is a Lecturer in Development and Security at the Department of Politics, University of Bristol

Andrew Cottey is Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration and a Lecturer at the Department of Government, University College Cork.

Anthony Forster is Professor of Politics and International Relations and Head of Department at the Department of Politics, University of Bristol.

Introduction 1. Civil-Military Relations in Postcommunist Europe: Assessing the Transition 2. The Half-Hearted Transformation of the Hungarian Military 3. The Transformation of Postcommunist Civil-Military Relations in Poland 4. Democracy and Defence in Latvia: Thirteen Years of Development: 1991-2004 5. Civil-Military Relations in Croatia: Politicisation and Politics of Reform 6. The Transformation of Romanian Civil-Military Relations: Enabling Force Projection 7. Civil-Military Relations in Serbia-Montenegro: An Army in Search of a State 8. Vladimir Putin and Military Reform in Russia 9. Ukraine: Reform in the Context of Flawed Democracy and Geopolitical Anxiety